Oh what a man!
The organization
of this session is at short notice and notice of same to you all even shorter.
While it is true that Adeniyi died in his age of bloom, the Branch leadership
has declined to descend to mourning not only for the uselessness of mourning,
but also for the reality that in death is life and life is the very core of
death.
Rather we resolve
to do the appropriate-celebrate a worthy life, a life of impact an existence of
positive impact.
AAA was born on
August 26 1966 and became a legal practitioner in 1988 at the tender age of 22.
Thus he had practiced in the forest of laws, for 28 years or thereabouts.
That AAA was
successful legal practitioner is not in doubt. He was a founding partner of the
famous CITIPOINT Chambers, a chambers so renowned that it is a sad wonder that till date, none of its leaders has been considered fit and proper for elevation
into the membership of the inner sanctum of the Bar.
AAA’s success
however cannot be measured ONLY in any quantum of material possessions as may
be spoken of some other well-off legal practitioners.
The six foremost
qualities of the Attorney-at-law, KNOWLEDGE,
ERUDITION, COURAGE, INTEGRITY, INDUSTRY and COMPASSION; were the flesh and blood of our departed colleague.
Niyi was not a
journey-man of a lawyer.
Niyi was not a Mafia
lawyer and could not have been.
Niyi was not a
lawyer compromisable and was not also a conduit pipe.
Niyi was not a 'use
and dump' principal.
I can go on. But
don’t let me stop until I mention that Niyi was a BAR MAN; of the Tiger
extraction.
There are Bar men
who support the Bar with their funds. There are those who support the Bar with
their advice. There are those who support with their time. Then there are the
all-rounders: those who support the Bar with their all. Niyi was an all rounder.
Niyi, the son of
Adewunmi, now our senior colleague in the inescapable Bar is gone. When cometh
another?
That when is now.
I challenge us all to emulate and surpass the sterling qualities of this great
and truly exceptional 'Tiger,' so that our profession and indeed our nation
shall be a much better proposition than he, left it.
May God be the
comforter of his immediate family and partners in the at CITIPOINT chamber. May
our great Bar be comforted and may we not gather again so soon thereafter for
the loss of our diamonds.
I thank you for
your kind attention.
Adesina
Ogunlana.
Chairman
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